MacOS: How to get login item to load without having to login?

[pinkoos]

Hi,

I want one program to load on my Mac whenever it restarts, without me having to login first - is this possible?

I know I can turn myself on for automatic login and then it will work, but my Mac is shared with my kids and so I don't want automatic login on

There must be some terminal command or something that could possibly allow this, right?

Thanks in advance

[raz]

look up launchd

[decay]

raz wrote:
look up launchd

https://www.launchd.info/

[JoeH]

And you would use the launchctl command to start, stop or restart the program from the Terminal command line.

[Paul F.]

Yeah... what they said...
You're not looking for a login item, you're looking for a startup item.

Some things will run on startup without the GUI, others choke and have to run under a user account.

But, regardless, you want to research launchd, launchctl, and startup items.

[pinkoos]

Thanks for the replies, I'll check out the links